Writing about CHANGE

Last Thursday Mr West changed our timetable - instead of going to Jump Jam we played a game of soccer.  During writing this week we have been working on writing a recount about the change in our timetable.  You can read some of our published work below.



Room 4 working hard on their writing



Gemini and Kaleb publishing their writing

Zek, Gabriella and Lorenzo publishing their writing
 



Trishala publishing her writing

Angelina's published recount



Ayush's published recount



Rylee's published recount

Louise's published recount

Week 1, Term 3

WELCOME BACK!

Welcome back to Term 3, we hope you had a great holiday and are ready to get back into learning.
This term we have an exciting new inquiry topic "Lights, Camera, take action for CHANGE".  We will be learning all about change and the different feelings people can have about it.

Timetable Change-up
On Thursday afternoon Mr West took Room 4 out for a game of soccer instead of taking them to Jump Jam.  He wanted Room 4 to experience change and be able to talk about their feelings associated with change.  Some people felt sad they missed out on Jump Jam, but others felt excited to play soccer.  Check out the photos below! 



Mr West telling Room 4 the rules



Getting ready for kick off!

Noema ready to kick

Viliami protecting the goal

Ayush getting ready to throw the ball in

Everybody chasing after the ball

Gabriella throwing the ball back into the game

 

Lorenzo protecting his teams goal

Term 2, Week 10

Wow, we have had a busy term!  We have had some exciting changes in Room 4.  Mr West has come back to teach in Room 4 for seven weeks.  We also got a new teacher - Miss Noble.  We were sad to say goodbye to Miss Savidan but luckily she has only moved to Room 9 so we can still say hello whenever we like.

Inquiry
We have been making models of a water reservior in Room 4 as part of our inquiry "To keep the flow of H2O, what's our way to go?"  Check out the photos of us making our models.

Painting our models

Felise and Rylee painting their model




Trishala, Ayush and Ashton making mountains out of newspaper



Paul and Kaleb putting a pipe into one of their houses



Angela and Fotu adding the pipes to their cleaning stations.




Louise, Angelina and Ryders finished model of a cleaning station.



Netball!

This term we have been learning how to play Netball!

We have learnt a range of skills and techniques 

We are all getting involved!

We have learnt to work as a team!

 We can bounce pass to our partner!

 We can make a 'W' with our hands to catch the ball!

 We can even pass the ball way over our heads!

 

Procedure Writing (How to make Toast)

Today Room 4 was learning a fun and new exciting type of writing called procedure writing!

Miss Savidan let us make TOAST!!!


Before we started we discussed what equipment we needed to help us make the toast:

1 X Knife

1 X Toaster

     






















We also discussed what ingredients we needed:

Margarine

Jam

Bread

Method: What did we do???



1: First we made sure we had all the correct ingredients and equipment!




2: Then we made sure the toaster was turned on 
and plugged in.

3: Next we put the toast in the toaster and pushed the button down.



4: After that we waited for around 2 minutes until the toast popped up!

5: We then made a backwards 'C' with our finger to get the toast out of the toaster.

6: We then scooped the margarine out of the container and spread it onto our toast! Some of us just wanted our toast with margarine!




7: Most of us took the final step and put a big blob of jam onto our toast!

8: Finally we got to eat it!!! YUM YUM

Farewell to our Student Teachers from The University of Auckland and MIT

Last week Room 4 had the pleasure of having two student teachers from the university in our classroom!


Both of our Student Teachers were first year students and on their VERY first practicum.


We will miss both Mrs Adkins and Mrs Chand very much as they were so very helpful in Room 4 and even taught us a new maths activity!

Everyone extremely engaged in their Basic Facts!

Good luck to both Mrs Adkins and Mrs Chand for their future practicums, we wish you all the best and hope you enjoyed your time at SPS.















Here are some pictures of Mrs Adkins teaching Room 4 a fantastic new Maths activity called 'I love Maths'.





Tyson and Louise adding 5+5 together!

Mrs Adkins making sure everyone is on task!

Mrs Chand explaining to Ayush and Paul how to play the game using multiplication!

Gabriella and Cherokee working out 5-5=?